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D. C.4 BAKERQOF BUFFALO, 'NEW' YORK.

` 4 Letters Patent No. 77,861, dated May 12, 1868,

IMPROVBD WASHING-MACHINE.

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TO ALL .WHOM- IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, D. C. BAKER, of Builalo, in the county of Erie, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Washing, Rinsing, and wringing-Machines; and I do hereby; declare that the following is a. full and exact description thereof,.reference being had to the accompanying drawings, lmakingpart of this speciiicati'on, in whichv Figure 1 is an end elevation. Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section.

"Figure-3, a plan. l

i Figure 4, a, section, showing the cylinder when operating in connectionwith two rubber rollers.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the -igures. i

My invention consists in the combination, with a slotted cylinder, of a roller or rollersbeneatln'and a.` series of 'endlesslbands passing' over a. spring-bearing and underthe cylinder, '-the wholeso arranged that the clothes placed on the cylinder are retained by the bands in close contact therewith, and are` gxtrrie'd continually, receiving thereby an alternate filling and expressing-actionbest adaptedtoremoviug the dirti y The i'nvention'further consists in the arrangement of -boxes resting upon the axis of the cylinder, andY spring-bands holding said boxes down, the whole ashereinafter set forth. p p

, In the drawings, represents the tub or ends-box, in which the slatted cylinder B is arranged, revolving on a. horizontal axis, a, driven by crank C; ce (figs. and 3) are sliding boxes, resting in grooves d d, and holding down on the axis, being retained in place by rubber bands e' e, which allow the boxes torise in propor-" tion to the amount of clothes around the cylinder. A. peg, f, attached to boxes c c, and corresponding pegs g and h, attached near .the bottom of sudslbox, hold the rubber bands, and'allow any necessarydegree of adjustment as the bands expand or stretch. D is a. roller, preferably of rubber, under thecylinder B. If desired, two rubber rollers, at suitable distance apart, as shown in'ig 4, may be employed.` lhs is more especially desirable for laundry and hotel'purposes. E is a springlroller, running in bearings, b b, hinged at z'z', with springsjj, to hold them up. are endless aprons or bands passing around the rcllcrs. -This spring-roller allows the placing -of a large quantity of'lothcs on the cylindenjns the.bnnds.7c. =k, which hold the clothes against it, press the roller down, allowingrthe necessary expansi'onlfor the desired amount of clothes to be washed at once. These bands k c k, which retain the clothes inl place againstthe cylinder, pass around the s pring-rollerE, as before described, thence down under cylinder'B, coming up on theoppositeside, und passing -over a spool, F, thence down, into suds-box,r and tightly under rubber rller or rollers D ID,` up'over spring-roller agaiu, being. thus continuous. As vmany of these bandsmay be-used as the size of theniaehine renders neces sdry.` G G are wooden rollers, to senarate the aprons and keep them from wearing by friction. H is a plug or faucet for letting off thc'water.

. The arrangement above described leaves the top of the cylinder entirely open und unobstructed, so that the clothes can be easily placed therein eventwhen undermotion. `.As theclothes pass around, they are -held to the cylinder by the bands k k, so that they cannot become disarranged. In going down, they become filled or soakedswith water, andfin passing throughithe rollersV D, this water is expressed, when they fill again. l n thus f l passing around, the clothes become bedded to the'cylinder, as shown in fig. 2, and` the motion of the cylinder gives the alternateaction of iilling and squeezing so rapidly, that the result is as eiiective in removing dirt as 'in theuse of the ordinary wash-board, when the operator alternately dips beneath the water and then rubsik The spring j of roller E allows the-bands to admit any desired quantity of clothes either uniformly Overlthe` whole'surface, or unevenly, as the case may bei" It will also be noticed,'that the cylinder itself will adapt t0 the quantity or position of the clothes by means ofthe sliding boxes c c and the rubber bandde e, which stretch l for thefpupose.' These bands,`in this-form, serve abetter `purpose than metallic springs, which rust and break, l or rubber blocks, which have but little elasticity. The pegs f, g, 7h allow any" degree of adjustment. '.llhisnarrangement of the bands Ic, whereby they hold 'the clothes to the cylinder, und at the same time leave` the top unobstructed, so that clothes can he inserted under motion, in connection with the cylinder and expressing-rollers, formsv the essential feature of my invention.

When the washing is accomplished, the rinsing is performed by drawing off the water and admitting fresh water, while the cylinder is agitated a suitablelngth of time. 'Whent'his is accomplished, the wringing is done by. tightening the cylinder down by the lrubberliandse e, and then running the clothes on the cylinder through the roller or rollers D, which thoroughly expresses the water. The holding of the clothes to the cylinder, by thelbands k c, while this is being performed, is manifestly a. very great advantage, as thewhole body of clothes can be expeditiouslywrung by one operation.

What I claim as my invention,v and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is.- Y

The combination and arrangement of the sl'atted cylinder B, one or more rollers D, the series of aprons 7c k Ic, and spring-roller E, whenetnplcyed'in the manner and for the purpose herein specified.

In witness wheneof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

D. C'. BAKER. Witnesses J. R. DRAKE, SAMUEL LAKE. 

